Crawley Dingo
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- Mar 31, 2022
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Nope, Demand side is the only way.
Even with 30 year mortgages its still a Ponzi scheme.
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[Finance] 40 year mortgages
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Nope, Demand side is the only way.
Even with 30 year mortgages its still a Ponzi scheme.
That's not workable. Design houses that are too expensive to build and no one will build them.
I agree that we shouldn't be building shit houses, but the onus is on buyers to not buy them. Buy used instead of paying a premium for something new and shit. Whenever I've looked at new builds I've felt there's been much better value used (that's obviously not to say there aren't exceptions).
What is a Ponzi scheme, buying a house?
cjd
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I,m not 100% sure why it is so low in ownership in Switzerland, but having been there at least a dozen times. you rarely meet any born and bred Swiss.
A lot of people go there to work,because the salaries are often very high. They earn their money and return eventually to their own countries.
Just about everything is eye-wateringly expensive there....particularly food.
chip
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Denmark has an interesting co-operative housing scheme. You don't own the house, rather a share in the co-op society and the right to live in one of its properties. It's not cheap to buy into and there is a monthly rental charge (relatively low compared to shared-ownership here) but it does appreciate and can be sold when moving or inheritted/gifted. I think quite a bit of central Copenhagen housing is co-operative and hence you get normal Danes in the city centre.
It's a combination of reasons....good explanation here. I worked there a lot and it was often a topic of conversation
Why is home ownership so low in Switzerland?
According to Wiki and OECD data, only 42% of Swiss people own their home. This indicator is the lowest in Europe and the third lowest in the World. But why is this the case? Switzerland is one of the
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There are normal Danes?